1846 in Germany

Incumbents

• King of Bavaria – Ludwig I.
• King of Hanover – Ernest Augustus
• King of Prussia – Frederick William IV
• King of Saxony – Frederick Augustus II

  Births

• February 9 – Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer
• March 24 – Karl von Bülow, German field marshal
• May 20 – Alexander von Kluck, German general
• December 17 – Max von Hausen, German general

  Deaths

• March 17 – Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer